I can't believe it....

[gorefreak]

I decided to buy some horror movies over the weekend so I found cool, unrated copies of "Night Of The Demons" and "Squirm", but the "Sleepaway Camp" box set.... I can't believe the "Sleep" series were actually censored versions! :( Thank God I looked at the back of the covers and saw the "R" rating and hopped online to investigate it and found out they were all cut. There was one of those generic 'double DVD' package that had 4 movies, one of which was "Sleepaway Camp 1". Runtime.... 88 minutes, the box-set, 84 minutes. That's a gonna account for a good chunk of gore and violence missing. The worst cut one is part 3. I think a whopping 5 to 6 minutes was missing due to heavy trimming of the death scenes. Although it was 'included as a deleted scenes' package as a still gallery?!

[urgeok]

Originally posted by gorefreak
I decided to buy some horror movies over the weekend so I found cool, unrated copies of "Night Of The Demons" and "Squirm", but the "Sleepaway Camp" box set.... I can't believe the "Sleep" series were actually censored versions! :( Thank God I looked at the back of the covers and saw the "R" rating and hopped online to investigate it and found out they were all cut. There was one of those generic 'double DVD' package that had 4 movies, one of which was "Sleepaway Camp 1". Runtime.... 88 minutes, the box-set, 84 minutes. That's a gonna account for a good chunk of gore and violence missing. The worst cut one is part 3. I think a whopping 5 to 6 minutes was missing due to heavy trimming of the death scenes. Although it was 'included as a deleted scenes' package as a still gallery?!

when in doubt - stick with the Anchor Bay releases ..

[zwoti]

or blue underground

[urgeok]

Originally posted by zwoti
or blue underground

yeah, i like those guys too ..

hard to find around here though - i only have 5 titles or so ..

[Zero]

i read somewhere that chains like blockbuster and wal mart were pushing for all these cut films - its retail censorship in my mind.

[urgeok]

blockbuster has christian roots ..

they had cut version specially made for them...

not sure if it still happens now or not ?

[Zero]

Originally posted by urgeok
blockbuster has christian roots ..

they had cut version specially made for them...

not sure if it still happens now or not ?

since they are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy let's hope not. i read a cool book called Veni Vidi Video about the birth of the video industry (rentals, etc.) - it was cool and made me sad at how corporate it has all become

[Juicy Jon]

I bought A Tale of Two Sisters at walmart.. its rated R. Was it edited some?

[urgeok]

i saw an unrated Betty Blue at walmart .. couldnt believe it.
next time i was there it had been pulled.

[Elvis_Christ]

Umbrella Entertainment brings out excellent uncut versions aswell.

Blockbuster are scum.